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Day 301: My "Remarkable Journey"!

Portland Chamber Music in concert 03-15-16!  I am the lucky pianist in this group!
I was bowled over yesterday with the 10 month (300 day) landmark.

And here we are at Day 301.  Marching onward to Day 365, aka ONE YEAR!

Time keeps moving even if we are standing still.

Well, I do not intend to stand still.

I was newly inspired after seeing my before and after pics yesterday.  Honestly, the before picture caught me unaware.  I honestly do not remember ever being that big. How could I have been so blind?

Yesterday I ate small portions all day.  I made a pot of black beans. I had them for breakfast on a corn tortilla topped with a fried organic egg, a sprinkle of cheese, olives, salsa and slice avocado.

I had another helping for dinner with corn chips, topped with plain greek yogurt, a sprinkle of cheese, olives and salsa.  For lunch I had yogurt, mixed nuts and a gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cookie my daughter made.


I drank iced tea, hot tea and water.

I went to bed satisfied and proud of myself.

This will be a short blog.  Actually I am ending it here. I am performing in a concert tonight and need to get dressed up and practice a bit before I head to morning Mass and to teach piano.

Once this concert is over, I will have more time for working out again. I still have some performances coming up that I need to practice for. Always need to practice! But this one has been particularly challenging.

Gotta run...

Happy Saturday!


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